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11 - Gravelly Hill Middle School <br /> Gravelly Hill Middle serves grades 6 to 8 and has a total enrollment of 418 students. It is located <br /> in west Efland along W Ten Road and the surrounding land use is a mix of rural residential, <br /> commercial, industrial, and undeveloped.Traffic volumes along W Ten Road range from 1,100 <br /> to 3,000 vehicles per day in the vicinity of the school.There are no pedestrian or bicycle <br /> facilities on the roadways in the vicinity of the school, other than a sidewalk along W Ten Road <br /> on the school's property and a crosswalk.Approximately 2 students walk to school. <br /> Table 1.19:Gravelly Hill Middle School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced 6th-8th <br /> Total Enrollment 418 <br /> Number of Buses 9 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 175 in the AM and PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 2 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 0 <br /> Number of Students Driven 250 <br /> Special Needs Population 116 (28%) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Rural residential,Commercial, Industrial, <br /> Undeveloped <br /> Presence of Bike Racks No <br /> No Walk Zones Yes <br /> Crossing Guards No <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students Yes <br /> Existing Parking Capacity 50 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones Yes <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 4-6 <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for Gravelly Hill School.An overview map showing the <br /> bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking radius, and a 10- <br /> minute biking radius is included in Figure 2.6. <br /> Behavioral Components of Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Patterns <br /> There are approximately 2 Gravelly Hill students walking or cycling to school. On-site <br /> observations noted one middle school pedestrian walking from W Ten Road to houses across <br /> the street. Field staff noted the following travel norms for Gravelly Hill: <br /> • Motorist behavior was observed as good. Drivers are respectful and obey speed limits. <br /> Cars do occasionally block the crosswalk, but there are no pedestrians around. <br /> • There is one entrance to the school and left and right turn exit lanes out of the school. <br /> • There is light traffic along W Ten Road during the morning and light to moderate traffic <br /> in the afternoon. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Existing Conditions Analysis 44 <br />